FIVE STAR MYLOT POSTS

While I might agree that anything which tends to encourage 'quality' in discussions, meaning that they are 'proper discussions' (however one might define that, which, in itself, could be disputed endlessly), could be a good thing, I don't think that singling out any particular discussion on a regular basis would materially contribute to that end. In the first place, it would tend to make myLot competitive (as @JolietJake has pointed out), which it is not and was never intended to be. Secondly, it would involve some considerable time and effort on the part of Admins and technical staff, even if the choice were made by popular vote. Thirdly, if the choice were made by popular vote, it would inevitably introduce ways in which the system could be biased or manipulated. In the past, myLot had a 'star rating' system (which rated members rather than individual discussions). That caused so much false competition and was so frequently abused that it was dropped in this version of the program (to most people's relief). If you want to see what other members consider the 'best' discussions, you only have to look at the 'Hot' and 'Top Rated' lists. You might find yourself disillusioned about the ability of the members, collectively, to choose a 'best' discussion. That would leave it up to an Administrator to make the choice and, quite frankly, the Admins have more than enough to do already seeing that the Guidelines are abided by!

NO, this is not a good idea. I have seen sites that posted "rated discussion" and this caused a lot of envy and all people were unhappy because they thought that the picked up article were pure garbage. This is a discussion side not a competition.

I think no, this is not a competitive site and that would be competitive. We are just interacting and making friends, no need for rating.

I don't know, I rarely use a photo in my discussions-which is by choice. I think that like any discussion, all of the discussions started here are important, and mean something to someone, even if only the person who wrote them. I don't put any stock into a top list, I'm here for enjoyment, not to compete.

We never know. Something like this could be in the works right now.

@Kandae11 Hi, my name is Tim! Your suggestion may be on the competitive side which I like, so I don't mind it. I'm game....

There was a time when there were ratings and many people left Mylot because of it. Some people were bashed for their posts and got really bad ratings.

A five-star rating system would be fun but would also entail a lot of work. Have you proposed this idea to the site admin to get their thoughts on it?

I think based on other sites I've been on that could have the potential to cause issues.

Although it is a nice idea there are some whose language is not English as a first language and may struggle. It would be quite off-putting. Whereas this way we can encourage those writers to improve their writing skills otherwise it might make them quite despondent.

Great idea even though Mylot may not be the best place to implement it, simply because I see it is more a social media site than a writing site

I like to look at the posts under the "Explore" (up by our names) It shows the most popular, the top rated, the most interesting right down to the latest post and even the posts with no comments... It is all done by admin I'm guessing but I do enjoy checking it out. I see so many more than I would see without looking...

I hope it doesn't happen. I remember when Bubblews had a 'front page' going on and everyone was envious of those who made the 'front page'. The same thing would happen here. It's best not to do that.

I think it will be a good idea then there will be some more serious discussions

If admin decided which discussion was worthy of the award then there would no doubt be some Lotters who would think that whoever was 'the winner' was admin's favourite (some think that there is already favouritism here and complain about certain users' posts never being removed). If Lotters decided then it would be more of a popularity contest and that would upset those who find it difficult to fit in here (there are already some here who complain about that almost daily too). Let's keep it light and a fun place as it was designed to be

I don't know, my post are never any stars so i will let the smarter people here decide

Interesting, but I'd lose every time.

Perhaps it would be good if the 5 star post also makes a bit more money

That's actually pretty cool idea.

I think that would be a good idea